Joe Nieuwendyk

For those searching for optimism amid the Florida Panthers’ 8-5 loss to Tampa Bay on Monday night, the bright spot is easy to find. Florida’s top line of Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov and Evgenii Dadonov combined for 10 points as each scored a goal.

Huberdeau extended his point streak to six games with a goal and two assists. Barkov tied a career-high with four points as he had a goal and three assists. Dadonov’s three points were a career-high as he tallied a goal and two assists.

“We scored a couple goals, but that doesn’t matter right now,” Barkov said Monday night. “We let them score eight goals. It’s a team game. It doesn’t matter how many goals you score if you...

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